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G. F. HUTGHINS. REVBRSING MECHANISM FOR LOOMS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE F. HUTOHINS, OF VVOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE KNOWLES LOOM WORKS, F SAME PLACE.

REVERSING MECHANISM FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,776, dated February 14, 1893.

Application filed October 20.1892. Serial No. 449.478. (No model.)

To all whom it may conccrn: shaft 2, and provided with a friction face Be it known that I, GEORGE E. HUTOHINS, and driven by a belt 6, in this instance belted a citizen of the United States, residing at from above. WVorcester, in the county of Worcester and 7 is a friction face pulley, fast on the shaft 5 State of Massachusetts, have invented cer- 2, and provided with a friction face 7' with tain new and useful Improvements in Rewhich the driving pulley 5 is moved into-or versing Mechanism for Looms; and I do hereout of contact, to start and stop the loom by by declare that the following is a full, clear, the ordinary shipping-mechanism, as shown and exact description thereof, which, in conin the United States Patent No. 437,894. I0 nection with the drawings making a part of A beveled gear 8 fast on the shaft 2, this specification, will enable others skilled meshes with, and drivesa large beveled gear in the art to which my invention belongs to 9, fast on the bottom shaft 10; and the bevmake and use the same. eled gear 9 meshes with and drives a gear 11,

My invention relates to looms, and more fast on the crank shaft 12, all in the ordinary I 5 particularly to a supplemental attachment, to way. A connector 13 connects the crank 12' be combined with the driving pulley and fricof the crank shaft 12, with the lay 14, pivoted tion pulley of a loom, to reverse the loom by at its lower end on a pin 15, in the lowerpart power and move the lay to its rear position, of the frame 1, in the usual manner. for the purpose of removing the shuttles from All of the above parts are of the usual con- 20 the shed, or for any other purpose. struction and operation in looms of the class My supplemental attachment is designed represented in the drawings. particularly to be used on heavy looms, in I will now proceed to describe my supple- Which considerable power is required to re mental mechanism. A lever 16, provided verse the loom, and move back the lay after with a hub 16', is pivoted at the rear of the 2 5 the loom is stopped. loom on a pin 17, and extends upon the out- The object of'my invention is to provide a side of the loom, as shown in Fig. 1. One end supplemental mechanism,adapted to be com- 16" of said lever extends to the front of the bined with heavy looms, for the purpose above loom, and is adapted in this instance to be enstated, so that the attendant, generally a gaged by the foot of the attendant. The 30 young girl or woman,by simply operating a other end of the lever 16 is provided with a lever will cause the loom to be reversed by U shaped head or casting 18, in the upper power, and the lay to move back and remain ends of which is pivotally supported, on bolts in its rear position. or pins 19, a yoke 20. In said yoke 20 is supll/Iy invention consists in certain novel feaported the shaft or spindle 21, on which is fast 35 tures of construction and operation of the a pulley 22, and a pinion 23. The pinion 23 supplemental mechanism, combined with the meshes with and drives a gear 24 fast on a driving mechanism of a loom, for the purpose shaft 25, arranged parallel with the shaft 21, above stated, as will be hereinafter fully deand also supported in the yoke 20. A pulscribed, and the nature thereof indicated by ley 26 is fast 011 the shaft 25, and provided 0 40 the claims. with a covering 26 of leather, or other suit- Referring tothe drawings:Figure 1 is an able material, see Fig. 2. The lever 16 is end view of a loom, of ordinary construction hung in such a position on the end of the showing sufficient parts of the driving mechloom that the pulley 22 will come under the anism to illustrate the nature of my suppledriving pulley 5, and the pulley 26 will come 45 mental mechanism applied thereto. Fig. 2 under the friction pulley 7. The pivotal supis a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of my port of the yoke 20 will allow the pulleys 22 supplemental mechanism detached. and 26 to adjust themselves to the driving In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the and friction pulleys, as required. A Spring right hand loom side, 2 the end shaft, sup- 27 is secured at one end to the lever 16, and {00 5o ported in boxes 3 attached to the stand at. at the other end to the box 3 of the stand l, 1

5 is a friction driving pulley loose on the or to any other fixed part of the loom frame,

and serves to keep the end 18 of the lever 16 in its lowest position, as shownin Fig. 1.

The operation of my supplemental mechanism will be readily understood by those skilled in the art. When the loom is stopped pulley 5, or with the pulley itself, in case it is belted from below, and also bring the pulley 26 in contact with the friction pulley 7 fast on the shaft2. The revolution of the pulley 5, which runs loose on the shaft 2, will cause the pulley 22 to revolve, and through the gears 23 and 24, the pulley 26 will transfer the power to friction pulley 7, and-will cause said pulley to revolve, and also the shaft 2 on which said pulley is fast, thus reversing the loom and moving back the lay, into the position shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1. The releasing of the lever 16 allows the spring 27 to act to disengage the pulleys 22 and 26 from the pulleys 5 and 7, and leave the lay in its backward position, so that the attendant may remove the shuttles from the shed, or repair the warp, preparatory to re-starting the loom in the ordinary way. By using a small pinion 23 and a larger gear 24, I-reduce the motion of the pulley 26, and prevent the too sudden reversing of the loom, and the too quick return of the lay.

The advantages of my improvement will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art.

My supplemental attachment is of very simple construction and operation, and is adapted to be combined with looms of ordinary construction without any change, and requires but slight power to operate.

The details of construction of my supplemental mechanism maybe changed if desired; the lever 16 may be adapted to be operated by hand if desired, and the pulley 22 may extend under and engage the edge of the flange on the loose pulley 5, instead of the belt, and thus prevent any damage or injury to the belt by the friction of the pulley.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a loom, the combination with the belt pulley loose on the driving shaft, and the friction pulley fast on said shaft, and the gearing for operating the loom, of a supplemental mechanism for reversing the 100111 by power to move back the lay, consisting of a pivoted lever supporting a pivoted yoke carrying a pulley adapted to engage the belt pulley, and a second pulley adapted to engage the friction pulley,and intermediate gearing between the pulleys supported in said yoke, substantially as set forth.

2. In a loom, the combination with the belt pulley loose on the driving shaft, and the friction pulley fast on said shaft, of means for conveying power from the belt pulley to the friction pulley, to reverse the 100m byv power and move back the lay, consisting of a lever pivoted at one end of the loom, with its front end adapted to be engaged and operated from the front of the loom, and its rear end adapted to extend under the belt pulley and friction pulley, and provided with a pivoted yoke carrying two shafts, and a pulley mounted on each of said shafts, and intervening gearing between the shafts, for the purpose stated, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE F. HUTCHINS.

WVitnesses:

KATIE FARRELL, J OHN O. DEWEY. 

